Hidden No More: Week 5 round-up
…Howard University’s new medical school, where he taught anatomy. Rebecca Crumpler In 1864, Crumpler became the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree. Her “Book of Medical Discourses,”…
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Morehead’s NCSciFest to partner with state community colleges through new five-year, million-dollar initiative
…comes as the country is expected to see STEM-related jobs grow 50% faster than non-STEM jobs over the next decade (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). The vast majority of these…
NCSciFest sets new Guinness World Record
…Carolina, the Festival had to postpone or cancel over 800 events in April for public and K-12 audiences due to the rapidly changing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In place of an…
Launch America!
…right now in American history.” Today, the Demo-2 flight crew are making their final preparations for a trip to the ISS, Earth’s own orbiting science laboratory. Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are no strangers to spaceflight, or even launching from United…
Skywatching at home: What do you see in the Moon?
…Sun in the sky. This means a full moon is in the sky the entire night, rising around sunset and setting around sunrise. But is full moon a good time…
The scientific reason you should know the constellations of the zodiac
…of the Sun is called the ecliptic, and it passes through the zodiac constellations. You might reasonably assume that on the date of your birthday, the Sun appears to lie…
Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…you from the Sun to Pluto, if you scale down the distances enough. In this model, 1 inch equals 100,000 miles. Every time you take 1 big step (a yard,…
Happy birthday, Durham! Your city flag is astronomically wonderful.
…to find the Pleiades, because Taurus apparently decided to throw a party for the Bull City’s birthday this April 26th, 2020: 1. Go outside about 1 hour after sunset. That’s…
The meteor shower drought is OVER!
…these meteors is due to something quite far away—the comet called Thatcher. When this comet orbits the Sun it sheds debris, and every year Earth plows through some of those…
Skywatching at home: Spot planets in the sky tonight
…sky is clear, you’ll be able to spot Venus fairly soon after sunset. Look for it in the same direction that the Sun set, toward the west. Venus in the…